[pct-l] The PCT - Why so many lists?

[Paul Martin Smith]

Great question:

 I’m also from the A.T. world and “whiteblaze” is a wonderful resource with
healthy, on-topic discussions as well as a fantastic, easy to search archive
for hikers. I accessed it for may years both as a contributor and as a user.

I post to “adventuresonthepct” by Magnet and I’m disappointed at the low
traffic volume on that site. Its is modeled after whiteblaze with the same
layout and it COULD be just as effective. It is simply not well known.

At the moment I  have to post to three mailing lists and update the PCTA trail
conditions site as well as monitor all five traffic points for alerts on a
daily basis.
I would be very pleased if someone came up with a method of consolidating all
these traffic schemes. 

IMHO: PCT-L gets used for a lot of low grade traffic that would be better off
in a forum.

PMS
--- jane windsor <janelwindsor at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>  I am section hiking the PCT this year and next, having moved to a university
> on the west coast from back east.  My previous experiences have been with
> hiking the A.T. 
> 
> I am wondering why there is such a plethora of mailing lists and web sites
> for disseminating information on the PCT? 
> For the A.T. there is whiteblaze.net, a single source for trail conditions,
> experiences and an ever-increasing knowledge base for hikers. There is even a
> thread for the PCT that has more information than some dedicated PCT sites
> including the official PCTA web site. 
> 
> The best site I have found for the PCT is http://adventureonthepct.com/ but
> it seems to be sparsely attended, with few contributions. 
> I can understand that some thru-hikers need a mailing list that can be
> directed to a portable device but the rest of us would be better off using a
> web forum where archive material on subjects like "flying with stoves" can
> easily be accessed.
> 
> I’m not being an “East Coast elitist”. I just wonder why the web forums are
> so poor out here. 
> Red Hat
> 
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